(Web Desk) - Two people climbed the antenna of New York's Empire State Building on Wednesday, unfurled a banner promoting “the power of love” and appeared to stage a marriage proposal before being arrested.
News footage showed the masked pair kissing atop the skyscraper before one knelt and the other appeared to display a ring.
The banner, reading “when the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace,” waved from the structure, which rises 1,454 feet (443 meters) above midtown Manhattan.
After lingering for a time, the two collected the banner and began to climb down, picking their way along the latticework of metal to a wider ledge, where one seemed to set up a piece of photography equipment and got down on one knee.
After the two kissed again and hugged, the other person took selfies with an outstretched left hand, as if examining a ring.
Police Emergency Services Unit officers started ascending a ladder in the spindly structure to intercept them. Police body camera video showed an officer calling out a greeting and explaining, “Well, you can't be up here.”
An off-camera voice replied with what sounded like, “We are engaged.”
A few seconds later, officers reached a landing within the antenna and met the couple, who were coming down a ladder and calmly spoke with police, the video showed.
Police took the two climbers into custody after 1 p.m. Their names weren't immediately released. No one was injured, police said.